James Edward Baker, 38, from Tallahassee, Florida, on 2 October 2020

October 2, 2020 | Tallahassee, Florida

James Edward Baker, 38, from Tallahassee, Florida, on 2 October 2020

Victim Info

NameJames Edward Baker
RaceWhite/European American
Age38
GenderMale

Details

At 7:41 p.m., a man called the sheriff's office from a gas station to report a hostage situation at his house nearby. When deputies arrived at the store, the caller told them Baker was armed and holding his girlfriend hostage. Deputies went to Spencer's home, where Baker opened fire on them, and deputies shot and killed him.

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Additional Evidence

Victim NameJames Edward Baker
Victim Age38
Victim GenderMale
Victim RaceWhite
Address Of Incident2000 Aenon Church Road
CityTallahassee
StateFL
Zipcode32310
CountyLeon
Agency Responsible For DeathLeon County Sheriff's Office
Cause Of DeathGunshot
Official Disposition Of DeathPending investigation
Criminal ChargesNo known charges
Mental IllnessNo
Unarmed
Alleged Weapongun
Alleged Threat Levelattack
FleeingNot fleeing
Body CameraNo
Wapo Id6207
Off Duty Killing
GeographySuburban
Image Of Victimhttps://fatalencounters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/James-Edward-Baker.jpg

Source

Source ID: 8508 - Mapping Police Violence

Cross References

This report has possible entries from multiple sources

Washington Post -James Edward Baker, 38, from Tallahassee, Florida - shot on 2 October 2020
Killed By Police -James Edward Baker, 38, from Florida on 2 October 2020

BEACON Data

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Hash Comparison

Hash stored in database: 5901eec7107145bb2dd398f98245e58650fbe27259ba0229de7a08a32788656b

Hash from Mainchain Tx: 5901eec7107145bb2dd398f98245e58650fbe27259ba0229de7a08a32788656b

Dynamically generated hash: 4be7c0134940c2029bdb095e617629bec19a47ef568292709f64cadeb1de62a9

Hashes Match?

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